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South American conservatives have an unlikely new role model in fighting “left-wing fatigue.” 17 April 2018 Andrew Mullins BY OMAR G. ENCARNACIÓN http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/16/the-trumpification-of-the-latin-american-right/ Brazilian president Michel Temer (L) and Argentine President Mauricio Macri arrive to pose for the official picture at the end of the Mercosur Summit in mendoza, on July …

Andrew Leonard 12 March 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/obituaries/reynaldo-bignone-argentinas-last-military-dictator-dies-at-90.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Famericas&action=click&contentCollection=americas&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront Reynaldo Bignone, a former Argentinian General, has died from heart failure while under house arrest. Mr. Bignone was convicted alongside three other Generals of illegal imprisonment, torture and killing and disappearing thousands of people ranging from babies to prisoners of war. Eight days before …

Makiah Faulks President Mauricio Macri bans nepotism in the government and plans to cut positions appointed by the minister. The president’s new plan also states that government employees will not be receiving raises this year. This change in the government is an economic and cultural change as stated by President Macri. …

“Venezuela Slams Nation for “Meddling” Over Protest Call.” News, April 18, 2017, sec. Latin America & Caribbean. http://www.bbc.com/news/Veworld-latin-america-39629041. Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, criticized a joint communique by 11 Latin American countries that called on Venezuela’s government to “guarantee the right to peace protest,” as “rude meddling” on their part. The 11 …

Daniel Levay Corn is considered Mexico’s most important agricultural crop that is most often imported from the United States and used in goods like livestock feed and tortillas. The Mexican government is using it as leverage during NAFTA renegotiation’s by planning to buy more from Brazil and Argentina and increase …

Since Trump has taken office on January 20th, it seems like chaos has been brewing within South America over similar polar issues seen in the United States. The main subject of the article is how South America leaders like Argentina’s President, Mauricio Macri, wish to deport immigrants, falling into more …

-Nick Gvakharia Argentina has long been a nation that celebrates immigration as a major building block of its society, but recent world developments have brought a shift in immigration policies. Following the steps taken by Donald Trump’s administration, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has issued a decree to curb immigration into …

Elisha Sese-Khalid This article is about the newly elected Conservative Argentinian President Mauricio Macri meeting with both conservatives and liberals throughout the country. Some of the politicians that the Argentinian President met with includes: former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera; centre-right political leader Aécio Neves of Brazil, wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo …

Cleila Luro, a woman whose romance and eventual marriage with a bishop became a major scandal in the 1960’s, is passionately campaigning for an end to priestly celibacy. She is convinced that her close friend, Pope Francis, will eventually lead the global church to end this requirement that she says …

Over the past two years, Argentina has been conducting a trial designed to bring to justice those who committed atrocities during the Dirty War, and provide closure to the families of the disappeared. On Thursday, the sister of Orlando Yorio, one of the two Jesuit priests Pope Francis supposedly turned over to …